Gene,
This was along time ago and I have forgotten the mileage, lost the
special bit (it was quite elegant!) and out of touch with the Shell
people. The bloke responsible was moved to Calgary but I understand
he wrote something on it . The nice thing was they paid for my
gas, servicing, insurance and all that stuff. It was great going to
meets knowing my gas bills would be re-imbursed - to mis-quote "broom broom".
At 02:31 PM 8/29/2010, Eugene Balinski wrote:
>Barrie,
>
> This is very interesting and encouraging. Has Shell
>published any of the results? Can you tell us how many
>miles you put on ?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gene
> 80 B
>
>
>On Sun, 29 Aug 2010 13:03:44 -0400
> Barrie Robinson <barrie@look.ca> wrote:
> > I was paid by Shell to test out their oil on my brand
> > newly restored Austin Healey. It was meticulously
> > measured for the dreaded valve seat recession and I put
> > a lot of miles on. After this Shell measured again
> > (they made a special tool to fit the engine) - and voila!
> > - no signs of wear! This during a period when some
> > companies were pushing additives
> >
> >
> > At 10:54 AM 8/28/2010, Paul Osborne wrote:
> > >I'm with Barney, why all of these exotic oils and lube
> > mixes??? Have been using NAPA 20-50 too and with 100,000
> > + and in 2 cars , regular changes all is just fine.
> > Guess there is a need to spend $$ .
> > >paul
> > >
> > >
> > >>Chuckle. Something wrong with "the average LBC"? My
> > MGA fairly often does 500 miles in a single day. 385,000
> > miles and counting. So far I do not worry about ZDDP,
> > except during a new cam break in period. I run NAPA
> > 20W50 in summer and 10W40 in winter. Current engine has
> > 75,000 miles, going strong, never had the bottom end
> > apart.
> > >>
> > >>Barney Gaylord
> > >>1958 MGA with an attitude
> > >>http://MGAguru.com
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>At 11:23 PM 8/27/2010 -0500, "Ron S" (<iverside>
> > wrote:
> > >>>The street version does not contain zddp. VR-1 does
> > contain zddp and is labeled for off-road use only but
> > does not contain the high milage additives of the street
> > version. It is meant to be changed after every race, or
> > about every five hundred or so miles. This is about the
> > milage the average LBC `weekend tourer' does in a driving
> > season in a moderate climate area.
> > >>>....
> > >___
> > >
> > >--
> > >Paul Osborne
> > >University of Rochester
> > >Engineering & Technical Services
> > >Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
> > >201 Hopeman Bldg River Campus
> > >Rochester, New York 14627
> > >585-275-5226
> > >paul@ece.rochester.edu
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> > Barrie
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